Snowman toy

ABSTRACT

A snowman toy includes a housing, a body mounted on the housing and rotatable in right and left directions, and a head mounted on the top of the body and swayable in right and left directions. The body and the head respectively are a hollow case which is formed by melting and joining outer edges of a plurality of EVA granules. The EVA granules are transparent and a great quantity of apertures are defined between the EVA granules. A plurality of LEDs and a music player are disposed in the interior of the snowman toy. The snowman toy of the present invention is made by EVA material with good translucence and reflection of light, thereby fully representing the sparkling and crystalline features of a traditional snowman. Furthermore, the snowman toy has functions of playing music, emitting colorful light, rotating the body and swaying the head, which increase the entertainment effect.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is based on, and claims priority from, ChinaApplication Serial Number 200520111398.2, filed Aug. 05, 2005, thedisclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in itsentirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a snowman toy, and particularly to atransparent snowman toy made of EVA material.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A traditional snowman must be piled up in a cold snowfield. However,when the weather gets warm and no longer snows, the traditional snowmansoon melts and cannot be formed again.

A fabric snowman has thus been provided, but it does not allow light topass through itself as a traditional snowman does. Furthermore, it haspoor light reflection and cannot sparkle as a snowman traditionallydoes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to provide a snowman toy which hasgood translucence and reflection of light and therefore represents thetraditional sparkly, crystalline appearance of a snowman.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a snowmantoy comprising a housing, a body mounted on the housing and rotatable inright and left directions, and a head mounted on top of the body andswayable in right and left directions, the body and the headrespectively being a hollow case which is formed by melting and joiningouter edges of a plurality of EVA granules. The EVA granules aretransparent and a great quantity of apertures are defined between theEVA granules. In addition, a plurality of LEDs and a music player aredisposed in the interior of the snowman toy.

The snowman toy of the present invention is made by transparent EVAmaterial with good translucence and reflection of light, thereby fullyrepresenting the sparkling and crystalline features of snowman.Furthermore, the snowman toy has functions of playing music, emittingcolorful light, rotating the body and swaying the head, which increasethe entertainment effect.

These and other embodiments, aspects and features of the invention willbe better understood from a detailed description of the preferredembodiments of the invention, which are further described below inconjunction with the accompanying figures.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a snowman toy in accordance with oneembodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of the snowman toy of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a snowman toy of the present invention ismade by EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer) material. The EVAmaterial is tenacious, durable, waterproof, moistureproof, dustproof,corrosion proof, environmentally friendly, useable at low temperature,foldable, bendable, and has shape-restorable.

The EVA snowman toy includes a housing 1, a body 2 and a head 3.

The housing 1 is disc-shaped. A battery box 11 is disposed in the middleof the housing 1 for receiving a plurality of batteries. A switch 12 isdisposed near the battery box 11 for controlling whether the batteriessupply power or not.

The body 2 is a hollow case formed by melting and joining outer edges ofa plurality of EVA granules. The outline of the body 2 is generally in ashape of one big ball and one small ball connected together and so lookslike two stacked snowballs. The body 2 is mounted on the housing 1 andis hollow. A right and left rotation mechanism 21 is disposed in theinterior of the body 2. When power is supplied to the right and leftrotation mechanism 21, the body can rotate in right and left directions.

The head 3 is a hollow case formed by melting and joining outer edges ofa plurality of EVA granules. The outline of the head 3 is in a shape ofa ball and is mounted on the top of the body 2. A right and left swayingmechanism 31 is disposed in the interior of the head 3. When power issupplied to the right and left swaying mechanism 31, the head 3 can swayin right and left directions. The head 3 is disposed with a pair ofeyes, a nose, a mouth and so on. A cap is disposed on top of the head 3.A pair of arms 32 extends from opposite sides of the bottom of the head3 and is adorned with clothing, gloves, a shawl and a broom. These helppersonify the snowman and make the snowman vivid and lively.

The body 2 and the head 3 both are formed by melting and joining outeredges of a plurality of EVA granules. The EVA granules are transparentand a great quantity of apertures are defined between the EVA granules.Therefore, the surfaces of the body 2 and the head 3 have goodtranslucence and reflection of such that light can transmit from theinterior of the body 2 and the head 3.

A plurality of mechanisms (including the right and left rotationmechanism 21 and the right and left swaying mechanism 31), a pluralityof light-emitting diodes (LEDs) 33, a music player 34 and a circuit aredisposed inside the body 2 and the head 3. FIG. 2 is a circuit diagramof the snowman toy of the present invention. When the switch is turnedon, the body 2 can rotate in right and left directions, and the head 3can sway in right and left directions. The LEDs 33 can alternately emitred and blue light. The music player 34 can play music. The generationand control of the action, light, and sound are achieved throughconventional techniques and so are not described in detail herein.

The arms 32 are connected with the head 3. When the head 3 is swayed inright and left directions, the arms 32 sway in right and left directionsalong with the head 3. In addition, a trigger switch 35 is disposed atthe arm for triggering the snowman toy to act or not.

The snowman toy of the present invention is made by transparent EVAmaterial with good translucence and reflection of light, thereby fullyrepresenting the sparkling and crystalline features of a traditionalsnowman. Furthermore, the snowman toy has functions of playing music,emitting colorful light, rotating the body and swaying the head, whichincrease the entertainment effect.

The preferred embodiments, aspects, and features of the invention havebeen described in detail. It will be apparent to those skilled in theart that numerous variations, modifications, and substitutions may bemade without departing from the spirit of the invention as disclosed andfurther claimed below.

1. A snowman toy comprising: a housing, a body mounted on the housingand rotatable in right and left directions, and a head mounted on thetop of the body and swayable in right and left directions, the body andthe head respectively being a hollow case which is formed by melting andjoining outer edges of a plurality of EVA granules.
 2. The snowman toyof claim 1, wherein a right and left rotation mechanism is disposed inthe interior of the body whereby the body can rotate in right and leftdirections.
 3. The snowman toy of claim 1, wherein a right and leftswaying mechanism is disposed in the interior of the head whereby thehead can sway in right and left directions.
 4. The snowman toy of claim1, wherein the EVA granules are transparent and a great quantity ofapertures are defined between the EVA granules.
 5. The snowman toy ofclaim 1, wherein the housing is disk-shaped.
 6. The snowman toy of claim1, wherein a battery box is disposed in the middle of the housing forreceiving a plurality of batteries, and a switch is disposed near thebattery box for controlling the batteries to supply power.
 7. Thesnowman toy of claim 1, wherein a pair of arms extends from oppositesides of the bottom of the head and is swayed in right and leftdirections along with the head.
 8. The snowman toy of claim 7, wherein atrigger switch is disposed at the arm for triggering the snowman toy toact or not.
 9. The snowman toy of claim 1, wherein a plurality of LEDsis disposed in the interior of the snowman toy to emit the red and bluelight alterantely.
 10. The snowman toy of claim 1, wherein a musicplayer is disposed in the interior of the snowman toy to play the music.